University of Sydney : Current Events for Sydney Democracy Network websites : Current EventsCurrent Events for Sydney Democracy Network websiteshttp://sydney.edu.au/arts/sdn/web@arts.usyd.edu.auen-gbDemocracy Futures | The Maidan Revolutionhttp://sydneydemocracynetwork.org/events/democracy-futures-maidan-revolution/<img src="http://sydney.edu.au/arts/artsdigital/PHP/img_gen.php?PICCIE=Sandstone_Lions" align="left"/>On 21 November 2017, Ukraine will mark the fourth anniversary of the Euromaidan revolution. Almost four years ago people gathered in the main square of Kyiv under the flags of the European Union for democratic values and against the kleptocratic regime of then President Viktor Yanukovych.&amp;amp;nbsp;Xueting Zhang2017-07-28http://sydney.edu.au/arts?id=9782Conferences and SeminarsHong Kong: City of Protest – Antony Dapiranhttps://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/hong-kong-city-of-protest-antony-dapiran-tickets-37634114650<img src="http://sydney.edu.au/arts/artsdigital/PHP/img_gen.php?PICCIE=Sandstone_Lions" align="left"/>Hong Kong is a city with a long history of civil disobedience. In&amp;amp;nbsp;City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong(Penguin, 2017), author Antony Dapiran explores the historical and social stimuli and implications of protest movements in Hong Kong from the turbulent 1960s until the most recent wave of protests, culminating in the &amp;amp;ldquo;Umbrella Revolution&amp;amp;rdquo; of 2014.Xueting Zhang2017-09-19http://sydney.edu.au/arts?id=9970Conferences and SeminarsDemocracy Futures | Trump's American Revolutionhttp://sydneydemocracynetwork.org/events/democracy-futures-trumps-american-revolution/<img src="http://sydney.edu.au/arts/artsdigital/PHP/img_gen.php?PICCIE=Sandstone_Lions" align="left"/>It is commonplace to read that Trump is a transactional leader without a foreign policy ideology. Where George W. Bush was often criticised as an ideological president who was motivated by neoconservative ideas particularly in the Middle East, Trump is generally described as an unpredictable opportunist.Xueting Zhang2017-07-28http://sydney.edu.au/arts?id=9783Conferences and SeminarsBook launch | Nicole Curato - A Duterte Readerhttps://gleebooks.worldsecuresystems.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=290938<img src="http://sydney.edu.au/arts/artsdigital/PHP/img_gen.php?PICCIE=Sandstone_Lions" align="left"/>Xueting Zhang2017-09-20http://sydney.edu.au/arts?id=9972Workshops